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Alliance Manifesto
for Belfast City Council
2017-19
Towards a truly Shared,
Open and Liveable City
3 Policy Areas
Top 10 Commitments
100 Goals
Liveable
Open
Shared
Preface
Alliance has a record of taking tough decisions, fairness and being
the voice of common sense and responsibility. We are proudly
European and will strive to get the best deal possible for the city
following the Brexit vote.
We are setting out our plan to deliver this, showing what we have
already delivered and what we intend to deliver in the coming years
through our three policy areas, 100 goals and top ten commitments.
A Shared Belfast
An Open Belfast
A Liveable Belfast
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1Our Top 10 Commit
1 Ensure shared future proofing is introduced.
2 Support the creation of City language
strategy.
3 Campaigning to establish a City Growth
strategy and recognising that Greater Belfast
is the key economic driver for the region.
4 Securing the devolution of regeneration
powers to Belfast City Council.
5 Alliance will continue to promote openness
and transparency in the Council through
setting up a ‘junket watch’ group to ensure
that our Councillors only attend conferences
or events that provide real value for money
for ratepayers as well as ensuring that future
community funding programmes are run by
open competition and advertisement.
2 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19tments
6 Alliance will support the creation of a
second major tourist attraction for Belfast
which will include space to promote the arts
and musical heritage through the provision
of world class facilities.
7 Campaigning for equality on leisure
provision across the city.
8 Support the spread of the Belfast bikes
scheme into all parts of the city along with
the development of appropriate
infrastructure.
9 Support increased recycling and ensure that
household glass recycling is available to all.
10 Alliance will develop and further a cohesive
youth strategy that holds young people at
the centre of decision making processes that
affect them.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 3A Shared Belfast
We want to see the creation of a truly shared city which welcomes
diversity, is outward looking and which thrives.
Delivered
1 Alliance delivered first removal of a peace wall in North Belfast.
2 Compromise delivered regarding flag flying policy at City Hall.
3 Instrumental in delivering an agreed memorabilia agenda for the
development of City Hall.
4 Leading the way in developing ways to tackle the abuse of
symbols on street furniture.
5 Proposed a motion in City Hall backing Equal Marriage. We are
supportive of events that promote understanding, acceptance
and respect for the LGBTQ community in Belfast.
6 Our group is representative of the city, in terms of religion and
gender, unlike all other groups.
7 Proposed the use of shared future proofing in terms of all Council
decisions.
8 Supporting the plight of refugees through Council motions to
ensure they are welcomed.
9 Homeless strategy backed to support a multi-agency forum to
tackle the issue.
10 Involved in the Council’s Women’s Steering Group which has
been instrumental in raising the profile of the contribution of
women in political and civic life through the placement of a
stained-glass window celebrating International Women’s Day; a
City Hall tour focusing solely on the role of women; the
mentoring of female officers and Council staff and the
advancement of plans for family friendly policies and spaces
within City Hall.
11 Supported projects aimed at increasing cooperation such as
cross Lagan bridge.
12 Supportive of existing Sister City and other links such as MIPIM to
promote Belfast as a place for inward investment.
4 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-1913 Jointly proposed a motion calling for the Government to
recognise that Belfast and NI had voted to remain in the EU and
that this must be considered in negotiations.
14 Provided a key role in re-establishing the links with Nashville to
promote cultural and tourist potential as well as potential
investment.
15 Alliance has played a key role in the development of the Good
Relations Partnership, now called the Shared City Partnership.
16 Proposed that Belfast becomes a Compassionate City, ensuring
that we strive to be a truly warm, welcoming and inclusive city.
100 Goals – our to do list
1 Ensure shared future proofing is introduced. We will introduce
“shared future-proofing”, a formal assessment of each policy the
council makes to analyse whether it harms or helps our move
towards integration. This will include assessing new policies for
their impact on sharing space, reducing tensions and removing
the physical manifestations of division. Alliance already
introduced this when we were in the Executive and believes that
this should be run in parallel with equality screening.
2 Solve the issue of abuse of flags on street furniture.
3 Create an effective strategy to celebrate loyalist cultural activities
such as bonfires, recognising that the current scheme fails to
meet the tests of a culture of lawfulness or addressing equality
and good relations goals. We will propose pausing the current
review of the bonfire scheme and ring-fence the money spent to
be used in the participating areas in a way which will promote
improved relations and better environmental results for all. This
will involve engaging through local community and statutory
organisations and will require an input from the Executive.
4 Deliver Marriage Equality in Belfast through work with our
Assembly team.
5 Alliance will develop and further a cohesive youth strategy that
holds young people at the centre of decision making processes
that affect them. Support increased connection with community
and voluntary groups tasked with youth engagement including
the Council’s Youth Forum.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 56 Supporting long term and strategic provisions and promoting a
joined up approach to actions that will encourage young people
to become more active in society eg Youth Park Run, Political
Education programmes, Community Relations initiatives and
encouraging a move away from short term diversionary work
with young people.
7 Reduce hate crime by 20% by 2021 by developing city and
neighbourhood community safety programmes.
8 Develop further intergenerational relationship programmes.
9 Resolving the memorabilia issue in the grounds of City Hall.
10 Support the production of a City language strategy, which will
recognise that English is the language of choice in the city but
that the Irish language should be promoted given that the city
has the highest number of Irish speakers in Northern Ireland and
has a rich cultural heritage in the city.
We will also ensure that the cultural aspects of Ulster–Scots are
recognised and work with newcomers to ensure that they have
adequate facilities to allow them to participate in society
effectively. Specifically, we will support investment in the
development of the Irish language particularly to non-traditional
groups. As a result, we are supportive of an Irish Language officer
and increased visibility of the language. We will work to develop
a regional position on street signage.
11 EU funding – Peace funding has helped to promote peace and
reconciliation. It has also funded programmes to improve
community relations. However, it is unclear what will happen to
this funding following Brexit. We will continue to make the best
use for current EU funding and argue for a replacement after
Brexit whilst fighting for clarity and reassurances for the
community and voluntary sector.
12 Promote improved relations by developing stronger international
links with other cities with a history of division through
organisations such as the Forum for Cities in Transition.
13 Promotion of the development of shared spaces and
maintenance of those that exist.
14 Support sharing as key component of City Centre Regeneration
Strategy.
6 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-1915 Promotion of events in spaces to help develop shared spaces in
City festivals.
16 Support Belfast Shared Space progamme.
17 Disability – Alliance believes that the council must work for
everyone in our society, so we have paid attention to the needs of
under-represented groups.
18 We will work to create more family friendly facilities in the
Council.
19 Homeless – Continue to use the Council to convene statutory
/voluntary and community partners on raising awareness and
showing civic leadership.
20 Travellers – Support the Traveller Forum. Issues around
representation and inclusion must be addressed.
21 Footbridges including across the Lagan.
22 Develop a strategy to see the removal of peace walls across the
City.
23 Ensure that the work of the Resilience Commissioner is to include
dealing with division in the city.
24 Promotion of shared housing schemes as part of future
developments.
25 Ensuring that planning decisions help ensure the creation of a
more integrated city.
26 Design and deliver a Belfast Shared Space programme. This
would allow the development of sustainable areas of shared
space and build leadership in the area amongst participants.
27 Economic investment, including better links with sister cities.
Belfast has a global reputation as a rejuvenated city, we need to
capitalise on this by encouraging investment from abroad. We
will work with Invest NI to continue to promote Belfast as a city
for investment. We have strong links with our sister cities
(Nashville and Boston in the United States; Hefei and Shenyang in
China) and will continue to use these links to raise Belfast’s
profile and attractiveness for investment.
We will also develop links to establish best practice, tackle
division and promote cultural links and tourist potential.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 728 Campaigning to get Belfast and NI the best deal in Brexit talks. Brexit has the potential to damage Belfast and its economic attractiveness to investors – especially if investors decide on Dublin as an alternative location. We must respect the referendum result, but it is also important to recognise that both Belfast and Northern Ireland voted to remain. Both the Council and the NI Executive must now draw up a plan for Brexit which maintains access to the single market, retains free movement with the Republic of Ireland and minimises the impact on our economy. We will continue to proudly highlight the benefits of being European for the people of NI. 29 Citywide commitment to Belfast place positioning. Alliance will campaign for a joined-up approach between the different levels of government in Northern Ireland to better achieve this and will back the City Ambassador Programme and work to develop a City Marketing Strategy 30 Arterial routes – We will work with other levels of Government to ensure that arterial routes, which form people’s first impression of the city, are free of graffiti, sectarian symbols of territorial demarcation. 8 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19
An Open Belfast
Alliance will support the development of real openness. We will do
what we can to make Belfast open for business, including in the
development of the digital economy. We will promote openness
and transparency in the Council and always be committed to
providing value for money.
Delivered
1 Key supporters of the City Council Investment Programme in
2012 to tackle the effects of the economic downturn, which has
provided £340 million investment in the city including external
funding.
2 Supporters of the development of a Belfast Agenda to allow all
stakeholders to create a shared vision of the city.
3 Supported the redevelopment of the Waterfront to provide
sufficient conference facilities for the city. This has resulted in the
attraction of 50 major conferences between now and 2021 and
the potential of 94,000 delegate days.
4 Backed the development of the City Centre Regeneration
strategy to drive economic growth in Belfast.
5 Backing the strategy of social enterprises renting shops for
reduced rates.
6 Positively engaging in the development of a Local Development
Plan.
7 An Alliance Employment and Learning Minister delivered a new
strategy to radically transform the apprenticeship system.
8 The Minister also froze tuition fees for local students attending NI
universities, delivered over 1,400 additional university places in
Science and Technology and developed a new strategy to give
Further Education Colleges a central role in providing skills for
industry and supporting employers. As a result of his initiatives,
he assisted over 40,000 young people to secure employment.
9 As Minister, he introduced shared parental leave and greater
access to flexible working.
10 Ensured that all Council committee minutes, including the
Planning committee, are audio recorded, despite significant
opposition.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 911 Proposed the publication of Minutes on the Council website and
the webcasting of full Council meetings to encourage public
participation in the democratic process.
12 Support that Councillor expenses and allowances are published.
13 Proposed at Westminster that all party-political donations
meeting the GB threshold of £7,500 should be published.
14 Publish party donations on our party website.
15 Alliance supports responsible stewardship of ratepayers’ money
and supported the Council having a zero percent increase in rates
during the economic downturn and continues to support rises
which are below the rate of inflation.
16 Instituted a programme after this year’s rates setting process to
ensure that potential efficiency programmes were brought to
Councillors immediately.
17 Supported the development of the running of leisure facilities by
GLL which will ensure that there are £2 million of efficiency
savings which will be fed into the leisure transformation process
annually.
18 Alliance supports reducing segregation which will help to unlock
the Council’s share of the estimated £1 billion costs of division in
Northern Ireland.
19 Alliance delivered on our promise to prevent the spending of
£700,000 on the provision of ‘SPAD’s for Council groups at City
Hall leading to the idea being scrapped.
20 Alliance Councillors have voted for a freeze on Councillor
allowances for the rest of this term.
100 Goals – our to do list
31 Promoting City Centre and High Street – The recession has been
hard on many local shopping and business districts and many
streets in Northern Ireland now have vacant and closed shops.
Alliance believes that if the economic recovery is going to benefit
everybody, every community in Northern Ireland must be fulfilling
its economic potential. This means that as well as investing in big
projects, we must invest in town centres, high streets, local
districts and urban villages.
10 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19Unfortunately, the high street will not be the same as it has been
in the past and we will need to reconsider what we want it to
look like. This will mean a mix of shops, cafes and restaurants,
residential properties and non-retail businesses. This will help to
ensure vibrant community economies despite trends towards
out-of-town retail centres and internet shopping.
The strategy to develop town centres and high streets would
include:
• Bringing in other new and innovative models of funding and
investment.
• Providing easier access for cars and public transport to local
high streets and town centres, including promoting free short-
term parking.
• Prioritising town centres, rather than out-of-town retail
centres, as the preferred sites for retail and business
development.
• Supporting the development of Royal Exchange.
32 Reforming rating policies for local businesses – Reforming
business rates to make it easier for entrepreneurs to establish a
business in vacant premises, such as scrapping business rates for
the first year for a new business.
Developing Business Improvement Districts, whereby businesses
fund regeneration in their area through a levy on business rates.
33 Reviewing licencing legislation – Organising a comprehensive
review of licensing legislation, run by both the Department for
the Economy and the Department for Communities, to develop a
modern approach that meets our leisure, tourism and economic
needs.
34 Promoting entrepreneurship for young people.
35 Supporting increased Grade A office accommodation provision in
the city centre.
36 Improving skills levels, including setting a target of 78% with
Level 2 qualifications and 38% with Level 4 qualifications by 2025
through improved training.
37 Calling for the promotion of a Belfast Skills programme.
38 Developing a Belfast Works employability programme.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1139 Setting up an Employability Framework and devolving this to the
city region for implementation through large scale skills and
employment programmes.
40 Securing the devolution of regeneration powers to Belfast City
Council.
41 Supporting the creation of a City Resilience Strategy.
42 Attracting £1 billion of private sector FDI by 2025 through a
coordinated strategy between the Council, adjoining Councils,
the Assembly and Westminster.
43 Campaigning to establish a City Growth strategy and recognising
that Greater Belfast is the key economic driver for the region.
44 Create a Small Business Champion to promote the needs of small
and medium sized businesses. Provide additional support for
small businesses and help develop sectors such as cyber security,
fintech and film making.
45 Promoting improved cooperation between Belfast and
surrounding Council areas to create a dynamic economic driver.
46 Backing a City events and festivals framework to encourage
tourism and promote the creative economy.
47 Supporting the development of a Local Development Plan which
will encourage investment.
48 Encourage the regeneration of the city centre by encouraging
more people to live in the city centre, including by developing
brownfield sites.
49 Support the establishment of an Economic Forum for the city to
include the private sector, business organisations and the Council.
This would support inclusive economic growth. We believe that
the Council and Executive should work together to develop
innovative forms of financing for major regeneration schemes.
50 Supporting funding of key infrastructure projects in the city
centre including The Transport Hub and York Street interchange.
51 Encourage the continued development of the Titanic Quarter for
tourist amenities.
52 Supporting the creation of a second world-class tourist facility in
Belfast.
53 We will consider the introduction of a derelict land tax.
12 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-1954 Promote the development of a dynamic Eastern Corridor, linking
Dublin, Belfast and towns and cities in between, by working with
Central and local Government in the Republic.
55 Support the development of a high speed inter-city rail link
between Dublin and Derry with a hub in Belfast.
56 Support changes of the Sunday trading laws to increase opening
hours for city centre businesses.
57 Work to address ongoing fuel poverty by supporting an equitable
funding model for schemes such as the Affordable Warmth
Scheme.
58 Propose the webcasting of all Council committees subject to
financial constraints.
59 Open Data – We will push for an innovative and forward thinking
approach to Open Data, which will make more effective use of
the currently held data sets of Council statistics. We will liaise
with industry leaders to utilise these data sets in ways which will
promote openness of information, tourism benefits and both
investment and learning opportunities.
60 Landlords regulation.
We want to see the NI Assembly:
• Introduce legislation to improve the regulation of the private
rented sector, focusing on increasing security of tenure,
improving standards in poorer homes and reducing up-front
fees.
• Introduce a regulatory mechanism for letting agencies.
61 Ensure that future funding programmes are run by open
competition and advertisement to ensure that money is allocated
to those who are most deserving. This would involve significant
changes to any future LIF and BIF programmes.
62 Support the introduction of Third Party appeals for planning
applications to ensure that both developers and objectors have
similar rights to appeal decisions.
63 Alliance supports the incorporation of shared future proofing of
policies and funding decisions which will ensure that there is a
reduction in money spent on funding division.
64 Alliance will ensure that every effort is made to ensure that
Council facilities are open to all sections of the community, so
reducing the need for duplication of services.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1365 Alliance will set up a ‘junket watch’ group to ensure that our
Councillors only attend conferences or events that provide real
value for money for ratepayers. We will also highlight any trips
that we believe do not provide value for money.
66 Alliance will ensure that personal development money is spent in
a responsible manner by our group and others.
67 Alliance will support the ongoing catering review to reduce costs.
68 Alliance will call for the development of a strict policy on costs
spent on travel and accommodation by Councillors and Council
staff to ensure value for money and to help build public
confidence that developing links elsewhere is beneficial for
ratepayers.
69 Belfast City App – We will support the updating and promotion
of the My Belfast app that will allow greater connectivity
between residents, Council departments and elected
representatives. We will liaise with residents to learn more about
how and in what format they want to access Council services.
70 Support a members’ portal that will allow elected representatives
greater digital freedom to fulfil their duties and engage in their
Council work to make it more effective for Councillors, staff and
ratepayers.
71 Digital Hub – We want to see Belfast leading the way in terms of
digital capacity of its citizens. We will support and encourage
schemes that help raise the digital literacy of our ratepayers. We
will help to promote the ongoing work of the Council and its
partners in increasing the capacity of everyone to access digital
education and training.
We will work closely with innovative projects to support ongoing
and emerging opportunities for upcoming digital industries and
employment streams.
14 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19A Liveable Belfast
We will support the development of a liveable city with a focus on
making Belfast healthier, greener and culturally vibrant.
Delivered
1 Leisure provision – Supported the development of the running of
leisure facilities by GLL which will ensure that there are £2 million
of efficiency savings to be fed into the leisure transformation
process annually.
2 Opposed plans to close the Robinson Centre without developing
an interim solution. All other party groups voted against us on
this, leaving much of South and East Belfast without a leisure
centre for up to four years.
3 Supported the £105 million leisure investment to provide better
leisure facilities for all.
4 Alliance supported the retention of the Comber Greenway when
others wanted to develop it and has been a keen supporter of the
Connswater Greenway Project since its inception.
5 Alliance proposed the Council smoking ban in Council premises
to promote a healthier environment.
6 Alliance has supported the Belfast Bikes scheme.
7 Alliance has led on making mental health issues the core of the
public health agenda through backing motions on Belfast
becoming a zero-suicide city.
8 Alliance co-proposed the bestowing of the Freedom of the City
on nurses.
9 Alliance has campaigned to protect the green belt on the edges
of the city.
10 Actively promoted and backed the redevelopment of the
Waterfront Hall to make it into a world class conference and
concert venue.
11 Have proactively worked to ensure that recycling rates have
increased for decades.
12 Supported of a Green New Deal, in terms of future development.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1513 As keen players in the Assembly working group on Cycling, we
have worked to promote increased cycle routes and safety.
14 Proposed that fox hunting and hunting with snares should be
banned in Northern Ireland.
15 Long-time advocates for harsher action for those involved in
animal cruelty, culminating in the Alliance Justice Minister
introducing tougher sentencing guidelines in cases of animal
cruelty.
16 Supported the introduction of a Living Wage policy for
employees in the Council.
17 NI Environment Week strongly supported by Alliance.
18 Led opposition to cuts to the Arts sector by the Executive.
19 Backed the Council giving financial support to retain the Ulster
Orchestra.
100 Goals – our to do list
72 Establishment of more green areas – Councils own a large
number of green spaces and parks that they manage on our
behalf and they should be available to all residents to use
responsibly. These spaces include parks, children’s playgrounds,
allotments and other similar facilities. The new district Councils
will be able to use these to promote well-being and leisure.
Alliance believes that district Councils should place protection of
these green spaces at the heart of the leisure agenda and seek
opportunities to enable more people to use them – promoting
their facilities and investing in them when needed.
73 Expansion of Belfast Bikes scheme – We will further develop the
‘Belfast Bikes’ scheme, with stations planned in a wider range of
locations. We will seek to fund this through private sponsorship
where possible.
16 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-1974 Better provision for mental health – Alliance will ensure mental
health considerations are considered in community planning, so
that it is at the core of the local community. We will promote
efforts to de-stigmatise mental health. We strongly support plans
to make Belfast a zero-suicide city.
75 Supporting health charities – We will consider how funding health
charities can help meet the councils aims. This will include the
role they can play in our community planning processes.
76 Alliance will work with the Council to promote, improve and
increase its current smoking cessation programmes, liaising with
charities already at the forefront of this work. We will support
further training for officers and elected representatives around
initiatives such as No Smoking Day.
77 Set an ambitious target to increase the numbers actively
participating in sporting activity.
• Support the development of free cycle lessons to encourage
cycling.
• Propose the development of a Belfast cycling map in
conjunction with other interested parties.
78 Promote the development of an integrated active living and
leisure programme across Belfast.
79 Develop an integrated city programme to improve mental health
wellbeing by working with partners.
80 Campaigning for equality on leisure provision across the city to
address the current underinvestment in East and South Belfast
seen in the lack of 3/4G football pitch provision, floodlit facilities
and lack of leisure centres.
81 St George’s Market – We will promote St George’s Market, and
Belfast’s other markets, using the council’s new powers over
tourism to do so.
82 Food waste – We support the expansion of a commercial food
waste collection service and support FareShare (NI) which takes
overstock food from some of the large supermarkets and food
producers around the city to distribute to charities supporting
vulnerable and disadvantaged households.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1783 Famous Belfast personalities – We will continue to support
projects such as CS Lewis Square and the George Best house to
promote tourism through the great wealth of sporting, art,
literary and musical entertainers.
84 Café culture – We will promote a café culture across Belfast,
using regeneration and community planning powers to facilitate
this.
85 Licensing laws reform – Alliance will support reform of the
licensing laws to make them fit for purpose.
86 Alliance will support the creation of a second major tourist
attraction for Belfast which will include space to promote the arts
and musical heritage through the provision of world class
facilities.
87 Alliance will support the development of the Belfast Story
concept, focusing on the history of the city, including the
Troubles, as part of any second tourist attraction.
88 Recycling – We will push the council to meet the highest
recycling standards by the Northern Ireland Executive. This will
include developing a Recycling and Waste Management Strategy,
setting an ambitious 60% target and ensuring that the variations
on what can be recycled in various parts of Belfast is
standardised by pushing for the widest type of waste to be
collected. We will push for regional action to improve Northern
Ireland’s recycling infrastructure. We will particularly push to
ensure that glass can be recycled at every home.
89 Energy from Waste – Alliance acknowledges that energy from
waste is a safe and environmentally-friendly way of producing
energy. However, not every location is suitable for such a facility.
We will consider whether some areas of Belfast are appropriate
for such a technology.
18 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-1990 Solar panels – Although most energy policy is decided by the
Northern Ireland Executive, district Councils can play a significant
role in reducing their own environmental impact and developing
renewable energy on public buildings in their area. By setting this
important example, we can also make it clear that Northern
Ireland is committed to reducing our environmental impact.
Belfast Council should tackle its carbon emissions in two ways. It
should make sure that its buildings are well-insulated and Alliance
will push for the Council to examine whether their properties are
suitable for solar or wind energy. This will help stimulate green
investment in the area and will also reduce the Council’s energy
bills in the long run. We will also seek to put renewal energy in
the Councils community planning processes.
We will also work with other parts of NI’s government to promote
solar panels within the planning system and for new
developments.
91 Cycle routes and free cycle clinics – We will invest in further cycle
lanes, safe cycle storage and cycling advice to continue to
promote cycling within Belfast. We will work with the
Department for Infrastructure to develop their Cycling Strategy
and ensure cycling infrastructure is developed across the city.
92 Increase public transport – We will work with the Department for
Infrastructure to develop a better range of transport routes
across Belfast. We will work together with surrounding Councils
to improve connectivity in the Greater Belfast area, so reducing
congestion.
93 Species champion – We support the introduction of the Northern
Ireland Species Champion Initiative by Northern Ireland
Environment Link to the Council. This initiative creates better
awareness of wildlife conservation issues through championing
wildlife and developing stronger relationships between civic and
political society.
94 Grass cutting – We will push for a joint strategy between the
Department for Infrastructure and the Council to ensure that
grass cutting on public routes is regularly undertaken. We will
support the use of sponsorship by private businesses to improve
green areas and back the introduction of environmentally friendly
measures, such as wild flower planting, to reduce maintenance
costs.
Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19 1995 Friends of Roselawn and other City Cemeteries – We will support
the development of volunteer groups who will help to maintain
and protect local cemeteries from anti-social behaviour.
96 Increase dog friendly spaces in our parks to allow animals to
exercise safely.
97 Further promotion of a new Green Deal – Supporting the
development of more Carbon neutral homes as part of any
planning strategy in order to protect the environment and reduce
fuel poverty.
98 Will support the development of our parks to extend their usage.
99 Alliance recognises the substantial social and economic
contribution which students and Universities make to Belfast. We
also condemn, without reservation, the anti-social behaviour
which affects areas with large student populations. We recognise
the efforts of many agencies and the Interagency group for their
work on the issue for many years, and we will campaign for the
reintroduction of wardens, the installation of CCTV, better
regulation of private landlords and options for more rigorous
enforcement of Council bye-laws.
100 Support the development of an ambitious, city-wide aquatics
strategy to allow for residents to excel at sports such as
swimming, diving and water polo.
20 Alliance Manifesto for Belfast City Council 2017-19“
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and ambitious alternative
vision for the future, while
helping create a united
community which is
progressive, liberal,
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fair and open.
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